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    CHAMPOLLION

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Frenchman and Egyptologist who studied the Rosetta Stone and in 1821 became the first person to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics (1790-1832)play

    Synonyms:

    Champollion; Jean Francois Champollion

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    Nouns denoting people

    Instance hypernyms:

    Egyptologist (an archeologist who specializes in Egyptology)

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